Heavy fighting in Munich as communists clash with government
Reports from April 16 describe street battles in Munich with heavy casualties as government troops tighten control. Actions include Berlin liaising over Lenine’s offer of 506,000 troops to the German cause and plans for a nationwide economic sales system. Archduke Joseph and other Hungarian leaders reportedly executed, though unconfirmed.
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London
England
A_ cosen
Exchangelegraph Company
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Abendblatt
Berlin
Ovelers
Budapest
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Alexander Wekerle
Ormer
Baron Joseph Jeprenyi
Hhe
Entente
Paris
Tchitcherin
Boshevik
Bela Kunungarian
Hungary
Lenine
Zeiturg
Nicholas Lenine
Olshevik
Adolph Joffe
Ambashor
Russia
Conress
Fifty ships for U S flight plans in Atlantic route
Admiral Mayo arrives in New York and will travel to Washington to discuss navy plans for the seaplane flight. The number of warships to be used and the exact patrols remain unannounced but likely not fewer than fifty. Destroyers will be spaced under 200 miles apart along the route with at least one fuel ship to replenish seaplane tanks as needed.
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Washington
Jenroy T. Mayo
Monay
New York
Washngton
Navy Department
Atlantic Ocean
Lillian Barker
St. Ermins Hotel
Westminster
Eng
Ministry of Labor
Two Die After Card Game Fight at Esmond Hotel
In Duluth Minnesota on April 16 a dispute over a card game at the Esmond hotel led to a fight. Pe Johnson twenty five and nk Vogler twenty four crashed through a window on the third floor and fell to the pavement. Johnson was killed and Vogler was badly hurt and dying in a hospital.
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Esmond
Pe Johnson
Nk Vogler
Johnson
Vogler
Refuge for Russian Imperial Family Reaches Constantinople
Paris reports that twenty members of the former Russian imperial family including Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna have moved from Crimea to Constantinople. Among them are Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch and Nicholas’s brother Peter Nicholaievitch. The group plans to sail to Rome and Malta aboard a British warship while awaiting British government decisions on their future residence.
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Paris
Marie Feodorovna
Constantinople
Crimea
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
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Wand Peter Nicholaievitch
Nicholas
Peter
Italy
Rome
Malta
Soviet demonstration in Commons erupts with cries for a soviet
In the London Commons on April 16 two women in the strangers gallery shouted that MPs are murderers and that workers will not accept another war. They were removed amid excitement. A third woman in a long white cloak then declared we want a soviet but received no response and was escorted out.
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London
House of Commons
Polish Troops Begin Homeward Flight From Mayence
Paris April 16 General Haller departed for Mayence where Polish troops will begin their return across Germany. Transport of the divisions is expected to take several weeks after his arrival.
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Haller
Paris
Mayence
Germany
Troops Arrive as Rochambeau and Floridian Land 2461
The French liner Rochambeau and the American transport Floridian arrived at New York with 2,461 U S troops. Among the military passengers on the Rochambeau was Grover Alexander a Cub pitcher returning from service in France.
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New York
Grover Alexander
Cub Pitcher
France
Lloyd George Hopes for Russia Policy Stance
London April 16 Lloyd George told Parliament he did not despair of Russia and its situation. He said Bolshevism is on the wane and Britain is supplying neighboring countries with means to combat and resist Bolshevik invasion. He spoke in reply to criticisms of his Paris peace conference activities.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
Forty-Seven of Cross Nearing Completion at Ford Plant
Acting Secretary Roosevelt announced Eagle No. 18 commissioned, leaving 47 of 61 ships of this class to be completed by Ford. Most work is well advanced. Eagles will be sent overseas to replace destroyers, with some to Russian waters and others to the Adriatic for economic reasons.
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Ford
Europe
Washington
Roosevelt
Eagle
Ford Company
Adriatic
Demand 5 Day Work Week Stirs Toledo Willys-Overland
The Toledo Willys-Overland plant faces union wage demands that could cost over 4 million dollars annually. Workers seek 15 cent hourly raises for about 12,000 employees, end of piecework, a five day week, eight hours daily, four hours on Saturday, and double-time for overtime.
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Willys-Overland Company
Strike at Danzig Ends. Work Resumes Across Industries
Serlin April 16 report states the strike at Danzig concluded and workers returned, with restoration of normal railroad traffic in the district across all industries.
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Danzig
Serlin
Dansigv
Japan Envoy to Leave as U.S. Denies Payout in Tientsin Incident
Viscount Ishii the Japanese ambassador to the United States will return to Japan for a conference with his government. The State Department said the Tientsin clash between American soldiers and Japanese is under investigation and likely to be settled satisfactorily. Officials denied any payment of $270,000 for killings, noting no Americans were killed according to current information.
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Washington
Viscount Ishii
United States
Japan
Tientsin
State Department
Shanghai
San Francisco
Dock Workers Can Strike In New Harbor Action
New York April 16 16000 Marine Workers' union renews harbor strike planned to start at 6 oclock am Thursday. They vow no exceptions and aim to stop all ship traffic including ferries coastwise and trans Atlantic vessels. Demand is for an eight hour day and higher wages with hospital ships also affected.
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New York
Marine Workers
General Harbor
Russian Soviet Troops Force Romanian Retreat in Bessarabia
London April 16 Russian Soviet troops after heavy fighting compelled the Roumanians to begin a general retreat into Bessarabia from the line of Kamenetz Mohilev along the Dniester in Badolia. Farther north in western Ukraine Petlura troops have been driven from the line of Kamenetz Proskuroy Shepetovke.
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Kamenetz-Mohilev
Dniester
Badolia
Ukraine
Petlura
Kamenetz-Proskuroy-Shepietovke
Phone Strike Knocks Boston and NE States
Boston and nearly all New England except Connecticut faced a major shutdown as 8,000 union telephone operators walked out at 7 a.m. The strike halted business and social activity in the region, with state capitals and major cities nearly at a standstill.
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New England
Connecticut
Volunteers on Rhine return to U S from Europe
Paris April 16 American troops totaling about 275000 are to be shipped home this month Secretary of War Newton D Baker said on arriving in Paris from Brest He projected 250000 in May due to transport limits and 800000 in June with the monthly rate kept until all 1409000 remaining troops are back He noted decisions on Rhine defense would favor volunteers only He plans to visit Coblenz and the Pershing front then return to the United States in ten days He discussed disposal of docks warehouses and war material and said Belgium would receive large shipments of cotton goods and food from the American army
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United States
Europe
Newton D. Baker
Brest
Rhine
Baker
France
Ile
Coblenz
Pershing
Belgium
Revised Casualty Records Show Increase in Major Losses
Washington April 16 Revised army casualty records released in Washington list 274,860 major casualties, up 1,755 from last week's total. The breakdown includes killed in action 82,884. died of wounds 18,485. died of disease 22,?. accident and other causes 4,248. wounded in action 197,574 with over 85 percent returned. missing in action 4,563.
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Washington
Bombs Used to Scatter Crowd in Iserloh Berlin
Civilar guards deployed bombs to disperse a demonstrator crowd in Iserloh Westphalia. Eight people were injured and hospitalized while many windows were smashed in the disturbance.
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Iserloh
Westphalia
Berlin
Iserlioh
Proletariat State Proposes Property Shield via Labor
A Budapest dispatch reports a principle in which a proletariat state would spare all properties gained by labor or workers through real work from socialization. The proposal aims to protect homes acquired by laborers or other working people under a labor based safeguard.
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Basel
Budapest
Paris Peace Talks Split German Treaty Across Parties
Paris April 16 reports that the peace treaty will be in two parts. The first covers Germany with a pledge to honor all agreements with former allies. The second concerns Germany indirectly and will be signed only by Austrian Bulgarian and Turkish delegates. German delegates invited to Versailles may number about 200, with officials housed at Hotel des Reservoirs and French delegates at the adjacent quarters. Debates on the Adriatic question continue as four power talks resume. Belgium to appoint a representative to the supreme economic council. measures to dispose surplus Allied raw materials approved for sale to Germany before the treaty. Relief efforts show United States Great Britain France and Italy distributed large quantities of supplies in March.
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Germany
Geremany
Council of Labor of Four
Versailles
Hotel Des Reservoirs
Police
Paul Dutain
Mme. de Pompadour
Versaiilles
Trianon Palhotel
Supreme War Council
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Council of Four
Arthur J. Balfour
Lloyd George
London
Supreme Economic Council
Belgium
Ministry of Commerce
Vance McCormick
Neval
United States
Great Britain
Fefrance
Italy
Hoover
Plant Elms in Heroes Memory Memorial Trees Planted in New York
New York officials planted sixty elm trees in a memorial honoring the heroism of the army navy and corps. The ceremony marked a civic tribute to service members and the memory of wartime efforts.
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